About The Word Countermove

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Countermove to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Countermove definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Countermove

Countermove Meaning & Definition
Countermove Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Countermove?

[n] an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.

Synonyms | Synonyms for Countermove: counterattack

Related Terms | Find terms related to Countermove: action | ad hoc measure | answer | artifice | contrivance | coup | course of action | demarche | device | dodge | effort | expedient | gimmick | improvisation | jury-rig | jury-rigged expedient | last expedient | last resort | last shift | makeshift | maneuver | means | measure | move | pis aller | resort | resource | shake-up | shift | solution | step | stopgap | stratagem | stroke | stroke of policy | tactic | temporary expedient | trick | trump | working hypothesis | working proposition

See Also | attack | onrush | onset | onslaught

Countermove In Webster's Dictionary

\Coun`ter*move"\ (koun`t?r-m??v"), v. t. & i. To move in a contrary direction to.
\Coun"ter*move`\ (-m??v`), n. Countermovement

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Untactful ‐ lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate…
  • Three-fourths ‐ three of four equal parts; "three-fourths…
  • Triclinic ‐ (crystallography) having three unequal crystal axes intersecting…
  • Hydrolith ‐ a salt-like binary compound (CaH2) used as a reducing agent and…
  • Whip snake ‐ any of several fast-moving North American snakes with long whiplike…
  • Good(p) ‐ feeling healthy and free of aches and pains; "I…
  • Tic ‐ a local and habitual twitching especially…
  • Field line ‐ an imaginary line in a field of force; direction of the line…
  • Impale ‐ pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"…
  • Charles louis de secondat ‐ French political philosopher who advocated the separation of…